How to install Visual C on your home computer

MIT has a site license for Visual Studio 6.0 and consequently, the students in 16.070 may install Visual Studio off of the MIT network and onto their personal computers. For this class, Visual Studio 6.0 (of which Visual C is a component) may be found on the server Aero-Astro. The IP address of that server is 18.34.0.243. Visual Studio 6.0 is a set of very large programs. Fortunately, you will not need to install the programs completely. All you will need are the parts of Visual Studio that pertain to Visual C. The directions below will guide you through accessing the file server named Aero-Astro and installing Visual C components that will be helpful for completing 16.070 assignments on your home computer. These instructions should apply to all versions on Windows.

In the Start menu, go to Settings Open the Control Panel and click the network icon There should be three tabs on the top. Choose the tab marked configuration. For the workgroup name, type in: AA-DESIGN You must now restart the computer. Remember to log on with your aero-astro username and password. click the Start button and select Run

Enter \\18.34.0.243\16.070Class\VisualC\ Disk1 Press OK Note: If the Aero-Astro server does not work, try this step with the IP address 18.34.0.80. See the installation notes at the end of this document if you would like to install off of a different server. You may wish to do this if Visual C is installing too slowly in later steps. Since there are 80 students in this class, we recommend that some people (those who have more advanced Windows skills) use the other servers.

run setup.exe

The installation process should begin. Click the Next button.

The end-user license agreement will appear. Click on the I accept button and then click Next

You will be prompted for you product id number. Enter 374 in the first box and 6347143 in the second box. Type your name into the Your Name field. Click Next.

Next, you will be asked whether you want to install Visual Studio 6.0 Professional Edition or Server Applications. Choose the first item, Visual Studio 6.0 Professional Edition. Click Next.

Now you should get a message Starting Visual Studio 6.0 Setup, please wait This may take several minutes.

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Setup will now recommend that you close any copies of Visual Studio you have running. Chances are, you dont have any copies running. Click Continue.

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Now, a screen will inform you of your Product ID. Click OK.

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Visual Studio Setup will now search through your machine for any parts of the program that may already be installed. This may take a few minutes.

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If you do not want to install Visual Studio in the location specified, you will click Change Folder. You will want to install Visual Studio on a hard drive that has at lease 300 megabytes free. Click the Custom button when you are ready to proceed.

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This is a very important step. If you want to save hard drive space and install time, make sure you install the correct components. You may uncheck Visual Basic, Visual FoxPro, Visual InterDev, ActiveX, Professional Tools, and Graphics. This should leave you with only Visual C++, Data Access, and Tools checked. To make the installation even smaller, you should now click Visual C++ and then click Change Option.

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You should uncheck the VC++ MFC and Template Libraries component. Now click OK.

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Now, back at the main component selection dialog box, your total space required should be about 217 megabytes. If your total space required exceeds the space available on your hard drive, I recommend you quit the installation and find a way to free up more space. Otherwise, click Continue.

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Visual Studio will now check for available hard drive space and then install.

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Click OK at the next prompt.

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You should now get a message indicating that Visual Studio 6.0 Professional Setup was completed successfully. Click OK. You are now finished installing.

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Next, you will be asked if you want to install the MSDN Library. You do not want to install this library now. The MSDN library is available for separate installation in another directory on the AeroAstro server as seen in step 4. Also, should you wish to access the MSDN library without installing it on your hard drive (it is fairly large), you can view it online at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?URL=/library/welcome/dsmsdn/msdn1.htm Uncheck the Install MSDN box and click Next.

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You will now be asked if you are sure you dont want to install MSDN. The answer is Yes. I recommend that you install it onto your hard drive off of the server at a later time, but it is not required. Trying to install MSDN at this prompt will NOT work, because you are not installing off of a CD locally. Click Yes.

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Next, you will be asked if you want to install the Install Shield Client Tool. This is unnecessary for 16.070. Do not select the component. Click Next.

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Next, you will be asked if you want to install server setups. This is also unnecessary for 16.070. Do not select the components. Click Next.

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Now, you will be asked if you want to register your copy of Visual Studio with Microsoft. Since you have a site license install, this is unnecessary. Uncheck the Register Now box. Click the Finish button.

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Congratulations, youve finished the installation!!

Here are some additional notes on the installation process: There should now be a group in your Windows Start Menu called Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 with an icon under that group called Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0. Actually using Visual C will be the topic of your first Recitation Lecture and your first Lab Tutorial Session. If you quit the installation because it was too slow, you may want to try a server other than 18.34.0.243. Visual C has been placed on two other servers: CDIO-Prime (18.34.0.80) and AALAB34 (18.34.0.172). To use these servers, just type in one of their IP addresses instead of 18.34.0.243 at step 3 of the installation process. There is one small complication: to use CDIO-Prime or AALAB34 from a Windows 98 or Windows ME computer, you will need to be logged in to Windows as your Athena username with your Aero-Astro Design Lab password. This process is similar to the one described in detail in the homework turn-in help file. To enable your Aero-Astro Design Lab password you must have logged into a machine in building 33 and changed your default password. In addition, to log into AALAB34, you will need to change your Windows workgroup to AA-DESIGN. This option is only recommended for more advanced users, as there is always a chance that changing network settings could cause unanticipated problems.

If you have any questions, please email Gerry at: alpha_g1@mit.edu